UKULELE

Musical Instrument Clues:

Start your journey by finding an area that is filled with creatures who love water! It is a large, open space that is home to many different species like turtles, Canada geese, frogs and fish!

Next, make your way through the dense forest of White Pine Trees! White pine trees have 5 needles per bundle, scan the forest floor for these bundles to make sure you are on the right path.

Soon you will come across a wide-open area on your right overlooking a different aquatic habitat. This area flows vigorously and provides a home to macroinvertebrates like crayfish and mayflies!

Continue along the trail following the white blazes! You will come across the root system of a very old grandfather tree.

Down the path, you will see an abundance of skunk cabbage lining your way.

Soon you will come across a tall tree stump that provides dinner for a very special type of bird, the Pileated Woodpecker! Observe and see the large holes formed from this bird’s eating habits.

As you continue to follow the white trail markers on the trees, you will find yourself crossing a large bridge. After crossing, you will begin to follow the pink trail markers to your right on Swamp Creek Trail.

This way will take you through a long narrow rock path that you will follow until you come across decaying trees surrounding you from every angle. These trees are home to many decomposers that help create healthy soil!

Once you find the trail getting darker, you have reached your destination!

The path becomes so dark because Strawberry Hill used to be home to numerous iron furnaces, leaving a charcoal mark on certain areas of the preserve!

Return to your vehicle by retracing your steps along the trails you walked.

Recommended Books:

M is for Music by Kathleen Krull

Music Facts:

The ukulele is a musical instrument in the string family that was invented in Hawaii in the 1880s.

The word “ukulele” is the Hawaiian word for “jumping flea.”

Ukuleles come in four different sizes - soprano, concert, tenor and baritone.